Many experts in this field think this is what our government is currently doing. Slowly releasing information to the public so it won't be another Orson Wells "War Over The Worlds" panic in the streets all over again. Seems like once a week NASA announces another planet that is similar to ours has been discovered. The book by Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel called "A D After Disclosure" goes into great detail telling us how this all will unfold.